The One Productivity App You REALLY Need in 2026
Paco Cantero and co-founder unveil MyICO, a comprehensive productivity application built on the ICO framework (Input, Control, Output, Refine) that has grown from 300 to nearly 2,000 members in one month. The platform combines courses, community-driven tool database, workflow builders, and coaching to help overwhelmed professionals systematize their productivity rather than relying on automation or tool features alone.
Summary
The speakers introduce MyICO, a productivity application launched in December 2025 as an evolution of the paperless movement initiated in 2018. The app serves as a command center for building end-to-end productivity systems and has experienced rapid growth from 300 to nearly 2,000 members within one month of launch.
The core offering revolves around the ICO Journey, structured in progressive stages: users begin with a free starter kit, then advance through Leica Pro courses covering digital note-taking and personal knowledge management (PKM), followed by task and project management courses that teach how information meets action. The speakers emphasize that automation should only amplify systems already working properly, and target overwhelmed professionals scaling businesses or handling increased client loads.
The application features several interconnected components: video lessons paired with 'growth assignments'—four targeted questions that must be answered to complete lessons, providing color-coded feedback (red for poor understanding, yellow for progress, green for reinforcement). The ICO framework alignment shows how concepts like notes, priorities, projects, and goals are defined consistently throughout, making the methodology tool-agnostic.
The community-driven tool database allows members to document their tool stack, explain usage rationale, share costs and integration depth, and view how others use specific tools. A unique search function reveals tools added by real professionals, filtering by job title, industry, and company size to show what similar professionals use. The iCore Tool Finder lets users narrow tool recommendations by combining multiple filters with existing tools they use.
Additional features include a work stream builder for visualizing workflows with AI empowerment indicators, team collaboration capabilities, live Monday podcasts with immediate chat history access, and an expanded 'Inner Circle' coaching program offering uncapped 90-minute weekly sessions with Paco and the co-founder. The speakers leverage their combined experience: Paco has built multiple businesses over two decades using ICO principles, while the co-founder holds a PhD in biochemistry and spent eight years in industry leadership, improving team performance by 60% using these methodologies.
The platform also features bookmarking, customized AI assistant responses based on individual tool stacks, and an upcoming AI library with dedicated courses. Notably, the creators offer lifetime access options for users who prefer one-time payments over subscriptions.
Key Insights
- The speakers claim that after four years of promoting the ICO methodology, they have not encountered anyone able to challenge its fundamental approach to productivity and business performance
- MyICO grew from 300 members to nearly 2,000 members within one month of its December 2025 launch, driven directly by community feedback integrated into application development
- The speakers argue that most people attempting automation or AI solutions are amplifying broken systems rather than improving them, and productivity improvements require proper foundational workflows first
- The application uses color-coded growth assignment responses (red/yellow/green) to show conceptual understanding gaps and provide actionable recommendations rather than just marking lessons complete
- The speakers assert that tool comparison platforms fail to reflect real-world usage because they list all features for every tool regardless of actual applicability, whereas MyICO's database documents how professionals actually implement specific tools
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Transcript
[0:00] This is a moment I was waiting for since 2018 since I launched the paperless movement. Those who followed us know that we had an initial version one my application that allowed you to lay out your tool st on the ICO framework. Then we had the version two that we launched in December 2025. It was a huge step forward. We migrated all our courses, all our commenting system. Well, the whole membership that ran on mighty, we migrated into the myo application, custommade for you guys out there. And [0:30] after 1 month running this application, gathering all the nice feedback from you. We started with 300 members and we are now at nearly 2,000 members. This…
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